The President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Prof Biodun Ogunyemi, says ASUU will suspend its 10-week-old strike if the Federal Government agrees to release N50bn to revitalise public universities and N20bn to pay lecturers their allowances in their meeting on Monday. The union resumes its negotiation with the Federal Government, and Ogunyemi insists they body will not shift its ground unless the government makes a commitment to release the money. However, he said ASUU had lost confidence in the government since it failed to honour previous agreements. Ogunyemi, who spoke with reporters in Ibadan at the weekend, said ASUU had rejected government’s proposal of N20bn to be paid in two tranches to revitalise public universities. He said the union had asked the government to include the earned academic allowances in the 2019 budget. He said, “We want them to pay N50bn as a sign of commitment this quarter. “Our members have rejected the 20bn proposed by them th...